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let us get on with building a business. society should do it. -- i know there is a side issue to it. people should take that as a given. i know the rest of us have it. we would gladly get rid of all of that in a minute. it is a health care issue. we talked about technology and data sharing. there are productivity, issues that are significant. >> i want to touch on some other hot-button topics we have not discussed as much. capital gains, dividends. current laws, they go back up. dividends treated as ordinary income. capital gains goes back up to 20%. how much revenue are we talking about? if those become bargaining chips, how much are we giving up? >> under current law, the capital gains rate is scheduled to go to 20%. we are actually talking 23.8%. dividends are scheduled to go to ordinary rates. you need the 3.8% for people who have higher incomes. significant increases in both are scheduled. as you think about the fiscal cliff and what is coming, one of the few places you can see people responding to it is in their behav
let us get on with building a business. society should do it. -- i know there is a side issue to it. people should take that as a given. i know the rest of us have it. we would gladly get rid of all of that in a minute. it is a health care issue. we talked about technology and data sharing. there are productivity, issues that are significant. >> i want to touch on some other hot-button topics we have not discussed as much. capital gains, dividends. current laws, they go back up. dividends...
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they are using cash flow. they are not using accrual. what we need to focus on like a laser is debt to gdp. i think realistically, what ever you do not let expire, you extend to the end of september, along with the debt ceiling limit, so you have all things coming together at once with a more realistic mechanism, because the nuclear device did not work, the super committee was a super failure committee, and therefore we have to recognize those kinds of devices will not work. you have got to have something that is more pragmatic. the fiscal cliff has gotten more pessimistic almost every day. we really cannot go over it. there is one thing that gives me a little hope. it seems to me there are three things we almost absolutely have to fix. one david mentioned, the alternative minimum tax. right now, we have to fix it retroactively for 2012. if we do not do that, there will be over 25 million americans who will get a real shock when they do their tax returns. early. i am told they are not prepared. -- the irs is not prepared for the consiste
they are using cash flow. they are not using accrual. what we need to focus on like a laser is debt to gdp. i think realistically, what ever you do not let expire, you extend to the end of september, along with the debt ceiling limit, so you have all things coming together at once with a more realistic mechanism, because the nuclear device did not work, the super committee was a super failure committee, and therefore we have to recognize those kinds of devices will not work. you have got to...
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the bill before us is a comprehensive bill. it gives us certainty. we have heard testimony after testimony from business owners. give us certainty. the democrats' alternative is one year. it is not comprehensive. we will be back here again in december of next year for the one-year patch. this gives us certainty. this gives job creates a certainty. it gives americans to pay the alternative minimum tax certainty that they will never pay it again. mr. speaker, this is the right medicine. from 99.8% of americans, to prevent them from seeing their taxes go up on january 1. it gives us an opportunity to provide comprehensive tax reform that will simplify our tax code, that will give us more certainty and our competitiveness so the middle class can grow and prosper and we can improve our economy. ideal that my time. >> the gentle lady from new york. >> i am delighted to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from tennessee. >> thank you. i appreciate the time and the opportunity to speak on this measure. i am concerned about the fiscal cliff. it is important. pre
the bill before us is a comprehensive bill. it gives us certainty. we have heard testimony after testimony from business owners. give us certainty. the democrats' alternative is one year. it is not comprehensive. we will be back here again in december of next year for the one-year patch. this gives us certainty. this gives job creates a certainty. it gives americans to pay the alternative minimum tax certainty that they will never pay it again. mr. speaker, this is the right medicine. from...
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tell us what you mean specifically. he won't tell us. we already did over $700 billion in savings in medicare by stopping overpayments and doing a number of other things that focus on prevention. of course, we are willing to sit down and look at everything within the context of what's good for seniors and people. at this point, if they have line, show us what it is and be specific. we are being very specific. pass the senate bill. >> we have already done $1 trillion of cuts so we are not afraid of taking on the challenge is coming true. they have an opportunity today, right now, to make sure that middle-class america not only texas of our to do less but has a great christmas. and making sure they have a tax cut january 1. we have done $1 trillion and medicare and we have done our position on taxes and we're waiting for the specifics. it is pretty simple. >> will also passed a farm bill on the son of that which was bipartisan which almost -- with almost $24 billion in cuts which they can pass and have additional cuts. >> will there be any
tell us what you mean specifically. he won't tell us. we already did over $700 billion in savings in medicare by stopping overpayments and doing a number of other things that focus on prevention. of course, we are willing to sit down and look at everything within the context of what's good for seniors and people. at this point, if they have line, show us what it is and be specific. we are being very specific. pass the senate bill. >> we have already done $1 trillion of cuts so we are not...
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they are a real challenge to us. untouched, and amended, medicare will run up money in 12 years that is scary. we have so many americans who count on it. almost 50 million americans and the number is growing. yesterday, in america, 10,000 reached the age of 65. it will happen tomorrow. it will happen every day for the next 18 years. these are people who paid in over a lifetime and expect the protection they have invested in to be there. asked to be there. we need to take an honest look at medicare. i believe the paul ryan approach was not the right approach. i thought his idea of premium support would raise the cost of medicare is turned on many seniors. i think it was unworkable and did not support. some suggest raising the medicare retirement age. i have trouble with that. my trouble is in my family, i have an older brother who passed away a few years ago appeared when he retired, he had health insurance from his employer and then had a massive heart attack and surgery. they canceled his insurance. my very conserva
they are a real challenge to us. untouched, and amended, medicare will run up money in 12 years that is scary. we have so many americans who count on it. almost 50 million americans and the number is growing. yesterday, in america, 10,000 reached the age of 65. it will happen tomorrow. it will happen every day for the next 18 years. these are people who paid in over a lifetime and expect the protection they have invested in to be there. asked to be there. we need to take an honest look at...
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>> three and a half years ago there were 22 of us. there was a poll three weeks ago, 40 million people would be voting based on the tea party principles and identify with us. from nothing four years ago to 34 months later, 22 people to 40 million people. it is not the death of the tea party. we're promoting our values of fiscal responsibility and limiting permit -- government and free markets against campaigns that have been campaigning for the past six years. we're new, we're not going away, and we will continue to grow and get better. >> to put a finer point on that, i could not agree more. i feel that because of the tea party and the conservative movement working at the grass- roots level, all the way up to the republican presidential nominee in four years, within that time, the conservative movement tea party will take over the republican party within four years. there is one last question. if not, thank you for coming. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012]
>> three and a half years ago there were 22 of us. there was a poll three weeks ago, 40 million people would be voting based on the tea party principles and identify with us. from nothing four years ago to 34 months later, 22 people to 40 million people. it is not the death of the tea party. we're promoting our values of fiscal responsibility and limiting permit -- government and free markets against campaigns that have been campaigning for the past six years. we're new, we're not going...
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i do not think that this gets us there. extending something, particularly for 25 million americans that are working families -- i do not see how this will help them at all. i for the life of me do not understand why we cannot pass the middle-class tax cuts that would allow for certitude, for at least 98% of americans. i yield back the balance of my time. >> i wanted to comment on the one point. the model for that budget -- we look to other house procedures and congressional procedures. every day it is in the sole authority of the budget chairman to determine points of order. it would be done in the same way. however, relying on the advice of this budget committee staff, the budget chairman, just as the ways and means committee would rely on the nonpartisan recommendation of the joint committee on taxation as to what would be in order or not in order -- >> you understand my concern. >> i have heard others raise it. i do not think everybody has heard why it is done that way. this is already procedure of the house with regard
i do not think that this gets us there. extending something, particularly for 25 million americans that are working families -- i do not see how this will help them at all. i for the life of me do not understand why we cannot pass the middle-class tax cuts that would allow for certitude, for at least 98% of americans. i yield back the balance of my time. >> i wanted to comment on the one point. the model for that budget -- we look to other house procedures and congressional procedures....
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let me just say this about them and us. there is no division between us. that is to say if anyone of us could have reached out to that shooter and pulled away the round, the assault magazine that he had, high performance, whatever they called them, clips, we would have done so. we would -- all of us would have risked our lives, democrats and republicans alike, probably everyone if this room would have pulled that autoof their hand. mr. barber said because of some very brave people and i have met them in arizona, of taking that second clip away much more damage would have been done that day. much more unspeakable tragedy as it was. it might have been worse. why wouldn't we officially take that magazine out of the hands of a shooter? that's exactly what this legislation would do. that's exactly what this legislation would do. we would risk our lives to pull it out of the hands of a shooter. let's take a political risk and take it tirblely out of the hands. as mr. barber has said and others. we understand the issues about mental health and violence in our soc
let me just say this about them and us. there is no division between us. that is to say if anyone of us could have reached out to that shooter and pulled away the round, the assault magazine that he had, high performance, whatever they called them, clips, we would have done so. we would -- all of us would have risked our lives, democrats and republicans alike, probably everyone if this room would have pulled that autoof their hand. mr. barber said because of some very brave people and i have...
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that is so ridiculous, most of us use other kinds of baselines. we use a current policy baseline, which extends all of these tax laws. more recently, everybody seems to be able to choose their own base line. [laughter] the president has his own. bowles-simpson, as much as i admire what they did, they had a rather odd baseline, too, which assumed we did not continue tax cuts for the rich. no wonder the public is totally baffled by all of this. if you look at the british austerity program, they do not compare it to what would happen if you continued. it is quite a bit less generous in that. whereas we, when we talk about reforming social security, talk about cuts and benefits, when all we are doing is slowing the growth. if you look at the bowles- simpson proposal, the benefits for everybody continues to increase over time, not as much as for the lower income. we are so confused, it is surprising they have the vaguest notion of what is going on. >> you see this reflected if you just look at simple polls. it is confusing. you hear tax cuts. we are no
that is so ridiculous, most of us use other kinds of baselines. we use a current policy baseline, which extends all of these tax laws. more recently, everybody seems to be able to choose their own base line. [laughter] the president has his own. bowles-simpson, as much as i admire what they did, they had a rather odd baseline, too, which assumed we did not continue tax cuts for the rich. no wonder the public is totally baffled by all of this. if you look at the british austerity program, they...
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today called us the brave 38. and i believe this type of thoughtful independent leadership that this is the type of leadership that the 10th district deserves. i also believe that the courage and leadership shown by the house to take on the difficult, but necessary position of reining entitlement spending deserves recognition. we know that medicare stands out as a primary driver of our debt in the future. and unfortunately, this future is not so far off. with one of medicare's key programs scheduled to go bankrupt in the next 10 to 12 years, sustaining the status quo means dramatic cuts down the road on the vulnerable americans who need the program the most, crippling increases to the debt and most likely both. instead, i believe we have a generational obligation to ensure that our children's potential is not crossed by a debt burden borne out of the inability to govern responsebly. medicare reform requires broad bipartisan support so we are not there yet. we are not. i do want to express my appreciation to democr
today called us the brave 38. and i believe this type of thoughtful independent leadership that this is the type of leadership that the 10th district deserves. i also believe that the courage and leadership shown by the house to take on the difficult, but necessary position of reining entitlement spending deserves recognition. we know that medicare stands out as a primary driver of our debt in the future. and unfortunately, this future is not so far off. with one of medicare's key programs...
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that is what separates us. not a recognition that it's unsustainable but a debate about what's the best composition of spending, savings and tax reforms to return sustainability. >> normally is a budget resolution. would you agree to bring this back down to manageable levels -- wouldn't passing in budget resolution in both houses put this on a path towards getting the deficit under control? >> i know where you are coming from but you are right, congress has to act. it will not happen on its own. it is not enough for us to propose things. congress has to come together and negotiate remarked that brings these reforms in place. -- negotiate framework that brings these reforms in place. >> section 112b2 of dodd frank requires a sign pavement indicating what reasonable steps such member believes the government should be taking to ensure financial stability yet neither the annual report or any individual member has recommended the senate democrats pass a budget resolution. >> that is true but it would be strange if y
that is what separates us. not a recognition that it's unsustainable but a debate about what's the best composition of spending, savings and tax reforms to return sustainability. >> normally is a budget resolution. would you agree to bring this back down to manageable levels -- wouldn't passing in budget resolution in both houses put this on a path towards getting the deficit under control? >> i know where you are coming from but you are right, congress has to act. it will not...
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>> i would use children. i mean, there isn't a person in this house that doesn't understand that children are our future. we don't take care of our kids, 25% of our population, what is the future of this country about? we know it but we don't act appropriately to protect these kids and to bring them so when they are out of school they are going to be competitive with the outside world. >> legislatively what is one of your frustrations? >> that we're still in afghanistan. for some reason we know it is the wrong thing to do and we're committed through 2013 but we should be out of there. >> was that a tough vote for you? i mean for you to face your colleagues to vote against action in afghanistan or action in iraq against war? >> no, the tough vote was the first vote that back brad lee was the only one who had the strength to vote no. the second one i was like i was given the reprieve to show what i really stood for. i was the first one to go to the floor to tell the president that -- with legislation it was tim
>> i would use children. i mean, there isn't a person in this house that doesn't understand that children are our future. we don't take care of our kids, 25% of our population, what is the future of this country about? we know it but we don't act appropriately to protect these kids and to bring them so when they are out of school they are going to be competitive with the outside world. >> legislatively what is one of your frustrations? >> that we're still in afghanistan. for...
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loved us and encouraged us to dream. they made it clear that because we were americans, we could go as far as our talent and hard work would take us. my father grew up poor and my mother had limited education. my mother lived in a home with dirt floors and the disabled father who struggle to -- they are now enjoying a standard of living that is significantly higher than their parents. our store is not rare in america, but it is rare in the world. if we were born anywhere else in any other time in history, our lives may have been very different. i would have been a very opinionated bartender, for example. [laughter] but instead, i was born and raised in late 20th century america where our economy produced jobs for people like my parents to make it into the middle class, where the government helped me and my sibling pay for college, and all of us live lives better than our parents. because of where i was raised and who i was raised by, i know that what we have here in this country, it is the exception rather than the rule.
loved us and encouraged us to dream. they made it clear that because we were americans, we could go as far as our talent and hard work would take us. my father grew up poor and my mother had limited education. my mother lived in a home with dirt floors and the disabled father who struggle to -- they are now enjoying a standard of living that is significantly higher than their parents. our store is not rare in america, but it is rare in the world. if we were born anywhere else in any other time...
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a task for all of us. the cottage industry of cassandras and declinists have dramatically overstated this case, but it is true that the reservoirs of good will that we build up around the world during the 20th century will not and cannot last forever. new generations of young people do not remember gi's liberating their countries, or american development assistance changing the face of their economies were literally saving generations from hunger and disease. they are more connected and engaged with the wider world than their parents and grandparents could have ever imagines. but they face mounting social and economic challenges, and are not automatically pro-american. how should we, how should america lead in this changing world? as we look ahead to the next four years and the years beyond, what should top our agenda? one thing i have learned and you have been discussing all day is that the best laid plans are quickly turned on their head by the rush of events. certainly, the first job of our nation's pol
a task for all of us. the cottage industry of cassandras and declinists have dramatically overstated this case, but it is true that the reservoirs of good will that we build up around the world during the 20th century will not and cannot last forever. new generations of young people do not remember gi's liberating their countries, or american development assistance changing the face of their economies were literally saving generations from hunger and disease. they are more connected and engaged...
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it was us against them. here we have a model thing where us against them and us against us. these special sections became a great advertising boom. they were very short on content sometimes. i used the term "times like." -- "times light." they dummied down in the sections -- sometimes he would know they are extremely prolix and often have no point. there are some very strong winds -- jane gross's articles on alzheimer's and things like that, but also some stuff there that is really soft. but this helped the "times" immeasurably. it contributed to prosperity. rosenthal -- he was an iconic editor. first of all, -- for three reasons. i will say little about rosenthal. the three rreasons -- first, the pentagon papers. even though he was very conservative, came from a montreal immigrant family, the first jewish editor. the sulzbergers were the world's most assimilated jews and they underreported the holocaust. they apologized for that. rosenthal -- pentagon papers -- does anyone know what else rosenthal did? rosenthal really changed the "times" to a much more dramatic, lively new
it was us against them. here we have a model thing where us against them and us against us. these special sections became a great advertising boom. they were very short on content sometimes. i used the term "times like." -- "times light." they dummied down in the sections -- sometimes he would know they are extremely prolix and often have no point. there are some very strong winds -- jane gross's articles on alzheimer's and things like that, but also some stuff there that is...
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us. he made it clear that if we don't make enough progress he'll be back in touch. so my hope, he wrote, is that we can make progress in light of personal and party principles, special interest groups and years of business as usual. we've got to work together and put our differences aside. i couldn't say it better myself. that's precisely what i intend to do. with that, let me open it up for your questions. i'm going to start off with ben of a.p. >> thank you, mr. president. can you assure the american people that there have been no breaches of national security in the scandal involving generals petraeus and allen and do you think you and as commander in chief and the american people should have been told of the investigation before the election? >> i have no evidence from what i've seen that classified information was disclosed that in any way would have had a negative impact on our national security. obviously, there's an ongoing investigation. i don't want to comment on the specifics o
us. he made it clear that if we don't make enough progress he'll be back in touch. so my hope, he wrote, is that we can make progress in light of personal and party principles, special interest groups and years of business as usual. we've got to work together and put our differences aside. i couldn't say it better myself. that's precisely what i intend to do. with that, let me open it up for your questions. i'm going to start off with ben of a.p. >> thank you, mr. president. can you...
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and he has totally ignored us. he has not given us the pleasure of even answering our request, which is discourteous and unprofessional. first of all. also the president has ignored the black community because he feels he has us in his pockets. but we are not in his pockets and because his black, we refuse to give him a pass. we will announce a program very soon called the mandate for marriage. i have asked my son out of los angeles, california to head that group. we are going across the country asking people to support us to save the family. with all of the challenges and the problems facing the african-american community, we are lowest in the scores of education of any group in america. we have fewer jobs. the prisons are full of african-american men. there are more men in prison than in college. go to any courtroom usa, each day, and you will see them full of black men on their way to prison. but they have chosen something to cater to the homosexual community, to cater to hollywood, the big money people, they ha
and he has totally ignored us. he has not given us the pleasure of even answering our request, which is discourteous and unprofessional. first of all. also the president has ignored the black community because he feels he has us in his pockets. but we are not in his pockets and because his black, we refuse to give him a pass. we will announce a program very soon called the mandate for marriage. i have asked my son out of los angeles, california to head that group. we are going across the...
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going and they are going to wake us up and make us do things. it is very simple math. we do not need to have the middle class push us into doing the right thing. >> you mentioned that governor romney had given a speech on tax reform. had the risk of being partisan here, i love the fact that he is talking about tax reform that will generate more revenue, and he is willing to talk about the politically sensitive issue of entitlement reform. he has been talking about a through the primaries. you all do not cover it much, but it is out here. i agree with kathleen. it is hard to see us coming together after the first of the year without a presidential campaign that focuses on these issues. folks are going to hear two different approaches and most people will say we have to addrs these issues. we cannot continue to allow congress to kick the can down the road to avoid these problems. that is one reason i am optimistic. if more of us make that connection, including the media, then more people will be interested. if we don't solve the problem at year en
going and they are going to wake us up and make us do things. it is very simple math. we do not need to have the middle class push us into doing the right thing. >> you mentioned that governor romney had given a speech on tax reform. had the risk of being partisan here, i love the fact that he is talking about tax reform that will generate more revenue, and he is willing to talk about the politically sensitive issue of entitlement reform. he has been talking about a through the primaries....
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but somehow, an act of us did and we have to ask ourselves, how this happened -- enough of us did and we have to ask ourselves, how did this happen? define or be defined. he hu succeed until project in the negative perception of his opponent and then set a positive one wins. given obama's atrocious record and given he had nothing to offer for the next four years except for more of the same, it should have been a cakewalk for romney to defy him. when the republicans distinguish themselves from democrat, they win. when they run as democrats like, they lose. democrats always run to the left end of the political spectrum. republicans have always enjoyed the support of conservatives and that number is at least double the number of liberals. hence you support the conservative agenda, you win. obama did not support the conservative agenda, and neither did mitt romney. at the end of the day, conservatives or left out in the cold. it should have been a landslide for romney but he's a moderate in his campaign in part on a bizarre defense from the outset. republicans in congress perform more dis
but somehow, an act of us did and we have to ask ourselves, how this happened -- enough of us did and we have to ask ourselves, how did this happen? define or be defined. he hu succeed until project in the negative perception of his opponent and then set a positive one wins. given obama's atrocious record and given he had nothing to offer for the next four years except for more of the same, it should have been a cakewalk for romney to defy him. when the republicans distinguish themselves from...
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tell us. the world must see if we are a surplus people or if there is a state that is likely that must be embodied as palestine? the world is being asked to undertake a significant step in rectifying the unprecedented historic injustice inflicted on the palestinian people since 1948. every voice supporting our endeavor today is the most valuable voice of courage. [applause] every state that is in support of palestine's request has given moral support for freedom and the rights of people and international law and peace. your support for our endeavor today sends a promising message to millions of palestinians and in the refugee camps and to the homeland and to the prisoners longing for freedom in israeli prisons. there is a reason to be hopeful. that the peoples of the world do not accept the occupation. this is why we are here today. [applause] your support for our endeavor today gives a reason for hope to a people besieged by a racist colonial occupation. in a state of paralysis, some are stri
tell us. the world must see if we are a surplus people or if there is a state that is likely that must be embodied as palestine? the world is being asked to undertake a significant step in rectifying the unprecedented historic injustice inflicted on the palestinian people since 1948. every voice supporting our endeavor today is the most valuable voice of courage. [applause] every state that is in support of palestine's request has given moral support for freedom and the rights of people and...
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this puts us at risk. this hurts our ability with our allies to have them work with us and get information and it hurts us in recruiting assets to give us intelligence affirmation that will allow us to protect our citizens to work through issues that are important to the whole issue of peace throughout the world. we know how serious this is and we will deal with it as we started today coming together in both the house and senate intelligence committee deciding where we will go. the issue has to be solutions. we have to change the culture of anyone who works in the intelligence community to educate them and let them know how serious these leaks are and the ramifications which means we have to put together a policy that people know what the policy is. if you violate that, you will be held accountable. we would love to find out who did the leak here and how it occurred. that happens are not, those are tough cases. it has to be a partnership between the administration and between the senate and the house. we a
this puts us at risk. this hurts our ability with our allies to have them work with us and get information and it hurts us in recruiting assets to give us intelligence affirmation that will allow us to protect our citizens to work through issues that are important to the whole issue of peace throughout the world. we know how serious this is and we will deal with it as we started today coming together in both the house and senate intelligence committee deciding where we will go. the issue has to...
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this operation was used, how it originated, and the consequences of using it. this administration takes very seriously, the attorney general, as demonstrated by the actions he took, takes it very seriously. and he has demonstrated his willingness to try to reach a resolution to this matter with congressional investigators. to this point, the interest of house republicans has been to use this politically, as they previewed for the world in the beginning of this year when they made clear that that was one of their chief goals of the year. >> jay, just one last question. the family of brian terry, the slain border patrol agent at whose murder scene at least two of these guns were found, they disagree with your characterization about these investigations. they say that the attorney general's refusal to fully disclose the documents associated with fast and furious and president obama's assertion of executive privilege serves to compound this tragedy. it denies the terry family and the american people the truth. that's a statement from the terry family lawyer. >> loo
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and god hates us. would you think the administration is going to be asking for from congress to respond on the east coast? margaret? guest: so far, the storm has been something that everybody on both sides have been able to get behind in terms of talking about the need for quick response. it helps that there are republican as well as democratic governors that are affected by this. and make it completely a bipartisan issue. every day multiple homes a day, the white house and fema have been forwarding a sort of play- by-play, who president has spoken to, who fema has spoken to, calls from cabinet members, calls from governors. constant ongoing throughout the day, conference calls about need and demand. what you have got now is a congress that will come back briefly pre-thanksgiving for the lame duck session and come back after the holiday and will be very much occupied by the fiscal cliff. nobody is going to want a demagogue. congress is poised to give government extra whatever. this is not what anybody
and god hates us. would you think the administration is going to be asking for from congress to respond on the east coast? margaret? guest: so far, the storm has been something that everybody on both sides have been able to get behind in terms of talking about the need for quick response. it helps that there are republican as well as democratic governors that are affected by this. and make it completely a bipartisan issue. every day multiple homes a day, the white house and fema have been...
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the ambassador did not use the d word. i am in a position where i can use it. tghe drones have proven to be remarkably successful. of course they come with the perfect -- with a price. what is most striking about this is the prosecution of this conflict has come with as keeping the government of pakistan as much as possible in the dark and over the objections of the government of pakistan during president obama made an extraordinary decision in 2011 after he and his predecessor provided the government of pakistan with over $25 billion in military and economic assistance, despite al qaeda, when the moment of truth came we decided it cannot trust the government of pakistan. he was of course right. the reason we have been more successful last four years is because we have taken more confrontational and hostile approach to the government of pakistan. ambassador benjamin said none of that and probably will not confirm i just said it and the questions and answers, nor should he. but we should have no illusion that we've come to new conclusions about our pakistani par
the ambassador did not use the d word. i am in a position where i can use it. tghe drones have proven to be remarkably successful. of course they come with the perfect -- with a price. what is most striking about this is the prosecution of this conflict has come with as keeping the government of pakistan as much as possible in the dark and over the objections of the government of pakistan during president obama made an extraordinary decision in 2011 after he and his predecessor provided the...
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we should use the space. i suggest this morning's symposium is designed in that spirit and i am very happy to be introducing it and to turn the podium over to stan who will moderate the first panel on the question of the fiscal cliff. >> thank you. i appreciate you turn the podium over to me but i will sit here. we will all be sitting here. as it were to the cameras following us. good morning. thank you. i often wonder what was going through ben bernanke's man -- mind when he used the word fiscal cliff for the first time or when they decided they could not sit with a really wanted to say. which is that the combination of tax increases and spending cuts that will go into effect will cut the deficit too far too fast and therefore what he was saying -- the other elements that contribute to gdp growth were not able to absorb it. so what bernanke was really saying is he recommends the deficit be higher than it will otherwise be under current law. anyone who thinks that in february -- [indiscernible] he wants this
we should use the space. i suggest this morning's symposium is designed in that spirit and i am very happy to be introducing it and to turn the podium over to stan who will moderate the first panel on the question of the fiscal cliff. >> thank you. i appreciate you turn the podium over to me but i will sit here. we will all be sitting here. as it were to the cameras following us. good morning. thank you. i often wonder what was going through ben bernanke's man -- mind when he used the...
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when i was at the institute, we used to bring b to work with us. when he came back -- bravo to work with us. he used to come to the office where i was the cia director. bravo sat in on almost all of the meetings involving the operations against bin laden. to this day he has not told a damn soul on what happened. [laughter] [applause] >> thank you for coming today. i would also like to thank the national press club staff for organizing today's event. you can find more information about the national press club on our website. if you would like a copy today's et seq., please check our website at press.org. thank you. we are adjourned. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] "washingtonday's journal" a discussion on -- and francisco negron on the national school boards association. later, we will hear from scott stosser about the riser manufacturing in the us. "washington journal" is live every morning here on c-span. >> one of the things that did surprise me a litt
when i was at the institute, we used to bring b to work with us. when he came back -- bravo to work with us. he used to come to the office where i was the cia director. bravo sat in on almost all of the meetings involving the operations against bin laden. to this day he has not told a damn soul on what happened. [laughter] [applause] >> thank you for coming today. i would also like to thank the national press club staff for organizing today's event. you can find more information about the...
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that is how it was sold to us. some of us read the bill, most of those passing the bill before we could read it. the cms proposed a 3.5% fee on all plans and a federal exchange. are you afraid the fee will get passed on to individuals and families purchasing in your state? this is a question for mr. smith, greensein, and alexander? \ >> to be paid not only to the purchaser, but this also apply to medicaid managed care plans as well. there is a direct impact on the state budget for these new costs. >> it puts them in a competitive disadvantage as well. we fully expect it costs get passed on rather than absorb with already small margins for the plans that participate in medicaid managed care. >> the short answer is, yes. i would concur with my colleagues. >> i appreciate the shortness of the answers. do you know what the national debt is right now? just the national debt? it is on every website in the world. >> $16 trillion. >> the you know what the deficit spending has been the past four years? you do not know? do y
that is how it was sold to us. some of us read the bill, most of those passing the bill before we could read it. the cms proposed a 3.5% fee on all plans and a federal exchange. are you afraid the fee will get passed on to individuals and families purchasing in your state? this is a question for mr. smith, greensein, and alexander? \ >> to be paid not only to the purchaser, but this also apply to medicaid managed care plans as well. there is a direct impact on the state budget for these...
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a lot of us voted against it. all of us voted against it. we've got -- we understand that plan will have no traction. i thank the gentleman for his work. there is no sequester plan. there was no sequestered plan for plan b period if i could quickly go back -- plantae. -- plan b peri. it cut by 27%, doctors there it 50 million americans will have their health care in jeopardy. my comment as i close, it is in because we have americans who are looking to us back to work with the president's, to work with the speaker, and to find a way to be able to answer the question. i yield back. >> i reserve the balance of my time. >> it has been said here before the bill mysteriously appeared last night and pass the house in a bipartisan way. it was bipartisan opposition. no democrat voted for it and 16 republicans voted no. >> recognized for one minute. >> i rise in opposition to this rule. in the dead of night, five days before christmas, house republicans released legislation they are rushing to the floor to gut funding for health care, food assistance,
a lot of us voted against it. all of us voted against it. we've got -- we understand that plan will have no traction. i thank the gentleman for his work. there is no sequester plan. there was no sequestered plan for plan b period if i could quickly go back -- plantae. -- plan b peri. it cut by 27%, doctors there it 50 million americans will have their health care in jeopardy. my comment as i close, it is in because we have americans who are looking to us back to work with the president's, to...
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on the super committee, each of us had a super hero attach to us. iron and that kind of rusty in that process. it was disappointing. but the malady as the president did not weigh in. -- did not weigh in. >> let's open it up. any questions? >> [inaudible] >> in terms of economics. >> particularly in difficult times. >> are you liberal, a moderate, or a conservative. most americans are moderates and conservatives by far. the number of liberals, i do not know what the last numbers were. no higher than it was the previous time the question was asked. people to not consider themselves to be liberal, they considered themselves to be moderate or conservative. so many people now want to be dependent on government rather than the private sector to create opportunity, it is not true. yes, when people are having hard times they would like to have some help with what a hand up not a handout. that is still very much american ethic. my state is still a center-right state. if you ask to what they think. we were not successful this last go around. the policies that
on the super committee, each of us had a super hero attach to us. iron and that kind of rusty in that process. it was disappointing. but the malady as the president did not weigh in. -- did not weigh in. >> let's open it up. any questions? >> [inaudible] >> in terms of economics. >> particularly in difficult times. >> are you liberal, a moderate, or a conservative. most americans are moderates and conservatives by far. the number of liberals, i do not know what the...
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to protect us. sometimes those two are different. he have to constantly ask ourselves those questions. >-- we have to constantly ask ourselves those questions. >> thank you. >> ideas well want to thank senator lugar for many years of service. -- i as well want to think senator lugar or many years of service. i thin i think it would be a shame to turn a page on this without -- i do look forward to this happening. i thank you for being here. i do want to say that i was on the ground in libya right after this happened. i was with the team there. i witnessed the shock of the colleagues they lost. i met the folks who were nothing short of absolute american heroes in what they did. i also witnessed the despair that felt like they were out on a tether and did not have the support of washington. i am dismayed that this hearing is centered on additional money, which may well be needed, but as senator boxer said, we would have no idea. we have never done a top to bottom state department since i have been here
to protect us. sometimes those two are different. he have to constantly ask ourselves those questions. >-- we have to constantly ask ourselves those questions. >> thank you. >> ideas well want to thank senator lugar for many years of service. -- i as well want to think senator lugar or many years of service. i thin i think it would be a shame to turn a page on this without -- i do look forward to this happening. i thank you for being here. i do want to say that i was on the...
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john oliver has been for us -- olver, has been for us an invaluable colleague. he taught so much to us. when he sat down with us talking about transportation, he explained our own districts to us as far as what was possible. on climate change, i talked to him for about 20 years. he was on this issue in the early 1990's and probably understood it probably even before that. he is that smart. he is that visionary in terms of the issues are essential not just to massachusetts, but to our planet. and it has been migrate honor to have served with you, john and to have called you my friend and colleague overall of these years and we thank you so much for what you have done for us and for the country and thank you. and with that -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. under the speaker's announced policy of january 5, 2011, the gentleman from indiana, mr. burton, is recognized as the designee of the majority leader. mr. burton: rather than hang the parliamentarian, i yield five minutes to my colleague from massachusetts. mr. markey: now on barney f
john oliver has been for us -- olver, has been for us an invaluable colleague. he taught so much to us. when he sat down with us talking about transportation, he explained our own districts to us as far as what was possible. on climate change, i talked to him for about 20 years. he was on this issue in the early 1990's and probably understood it probably even before that. he is that smart. he is that visionary in terms of the issues are essential not just to massachusetts, but to our planet....
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it against us. we really don't have any options except to keep iran from having a nuclear program. we should have put in more crippling sanctions at the beginning of the president's term. we did not. he gave russia the number one foreign policy executive. he gave them that and got nothing in return. i presume he could have gotten them to agree to sanctions against iran and he did not. that is one of the grid is foreign policy errors. he should kept a bargaining chip on the table. we should have been aggressively listening to the voices of dissent in iran. we should have aggressively supported them. we should have made it clear that we had military plans if they do not remove their nuclear capabilities. that does not mean that we pull the trigger but we communicate that we are ready to do so. instead, this administration has communicated to the iranians that we're more worried about israel attacking them than we are about them becoming nuclear. it is extraordinary. those are some thoughts directed at
it against us. we really don't have any options except to keep iran from having a nuclear program. we should have put in more crippling sanctions at the beginning of the president's term. we did not. he gave russia the number one foreign policy executive. he gave them that and got nothing in return. i presume he could have gotten them to agree to sanctions against iran and he did not. that is one of the grid is foreign policy errors. he should kept a bargaining chip on the table. we should have...
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let us work. here is our message -- obamacare is really romneycare, adopted on the model of massachusetts. it will open up an exchange that allows for competition and allow for us to take what is the very best of government programs, what is the very best in private sector, and what is the very best from entrepreneurialism and innovation in our academic sector to drive down the cost, provide greater access, focus on wellness and individual responsibility and, we have got something that if we were together, becomes the greatest system in the world. in our reach. it is all right before us. it takes a collection of the best thinking and the best ideas from not only both parties, but from all sectors of our economy and our country. that is where we need to focus on. but when you are staring at $750 billion annually, that clearly is the place where you are going to look to cut instead of on the backs of beneficiaries who have paid into an insurance program. >> you talked about how optimistic you are he
let us work. here is our message -- obamacare is really romneycare, adopted on the model of massachusetts. it will open up an exchange that allows for competition and allow for us to take what is the very best of government programs, what is the very best in private sector, and what is the very best from entrepreneurialism and innovation in our academic sector to drive down the cost, provide greater access, focus on wellness and individual responsibility and, we have got something that if we...
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not us. it was the catholic bishops that sent the letter to every parishioners, i think, in america for the last two weeks. or the catholic chaplain of the office sent a letter that would initially not be read. this is a huge issue and if you listen to what they are saying, they are just try to take the subject and kicked it down the road for a year, which may be why they made it a year to start with. >> anything about the legislative response? you have introduced two different bills -- >> we are discussing the appropriate response. the story centers you heard from are involved in those discussions. we will let you know when we decide what approach we are going to take. >> [unintelligible] >> would you repeat that question? >> [unintelligible] >> there are also other reports that he vetoed the bill. that is not what this is about. this is about religious liberty. you can try to turn it into all the political discussion you want. this is a first amendment american right. it has nothing to do w
not us. it was the catholic bishops that sent the letter to every parishioners, i think, in america for the last two weeks. or the catholic chaplain of the office sent a letter that would initially not be read. this is a huge issue and if you listen to what they are saying, they are just try to take the subject and kicked it down the road for a year, which may be why they made it a year to start with. >> anything about the legislative response? you have introduced two different bills --...
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but everybody uses it. if they would raise the cap and a means test it, i think it would help a lot. i have an idea to get rid of fraud by giving us all pin numbers. i think that would cut it down. guest: the cap applies to social security. medicare is a continuous. it is about 2.9%. is a slight increase for income over $200,000 for an individual. there is some of that. host: on the first dollar? guest: that starts next year. host: is there any discussion to end the cap on wages? guest: there is an idea about a chain cpi. it is a way to save the government about $200 billion over a decade. cpi is based on a basket of goods and services. fore isn't any allowance that. that is something you'll hear more about when it comes to social security. democrats did not want a change to social security. host: renee, you're on with mary agnes carey. caller: what are the underlying reasons for the cost of health care rising in the united states? is it overmedication? we want a capitalist system in health care. hospitals
but everybody uses it. if they would raise the cap and a means test it, i think it would help a lot. i have an idea to get rid of fraud by giving us all pin numbers. i think that would cut it down. guest: the cap applies to social security. medicare is a continuous. it is about 2.9%. is a slight increase for income over $200,000 for an individual. there is some of that. host: on the first dollar? guest: that starts next year. host: is there any discussion to end the cap on wages? guest: there...
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the wealthiest among us can help us reduce the debt by paying more. it is encouraging to see republican members of the house and the senate speak out on the need or a deficit approach that includes raising taxes on wealthy individuals and to moving right away to ensure that 98% of families do not face a tax increase. we need to look at history. what we saw in the 1990s and 2000s, there was no relationship between lower marginal tax rates for the wealthiest among us an economic growth. first during the clinton administration, the top marginal tax rate was raised on the wealthiest individuals and the economy grew at its fastest rate in a generation. it added more than 22 million jobs. during the following eight years, the top marginal rate dax tax rate was lower, but economy never regained its strength from the reviews decade. middle-class families are vulnerable when the recession began at the end of 2007. i hope this hearing is helpful not just in this hearing, but across this country to people who are watching and waiting for congress to act. i will
the wealthiest among us can help us reduce the debt by paying more. it is encouraging to see republican members of the house and the senate speak out on the need or a deficit approach that includes raising taxes on wealthy individuals and to moving right away to ensure that 98% of families do not face a tax increase. we need to look at history. what we saw in the 1990s and 2000s, there was no relationship between lower marginal tax rates for the wealthiest among us an economic growth. first...
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for young people like me and my friends, they are betting on us by putting an education for all of us, helping our schools get better, and helping us in education. they are fighting for those basic values that i see back home in michigan. hard work and fair play. i know about preparing for something that goes every four years. it is tough. you make sacrifices. but it is worth it because you know you are part of something bigger than yourself. that is what this election is about. and something vice president joe biden understands. he knows the working town like scranton, pennsylvania. he knows the price you feel in never giving up, always getting up, and fighting for what is right. ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor to introduce the vice president of the united states, joe biden. [cheers and applause] >> isn't she amazing? she -- folks, hasn't isn't she amazing? [cheers] i want to introduce you to another athlete, not a gold medalist, but a heck of a lacrosse player. this is my granddaughter. going into 8th grade. [cheers and applause] and i think she came because kirsch was going to
for young people like me and my friends, they are betting on us by putting an education for all of us, helping our schools get better, and helping us in education. they are fighting for those basic values that i see back home in michigan. hard work and fair play. i know about preparing for something that goes every four years. it is tough. you make sacrifices. but it is worth it because you know you are part of something bigger than yourself. that is what this election is about. and something...
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to get this issue behind us. it is really clear that the american people don't like the idea that the economy is being held hostage to the fiscal cliff and middle-income taxpayers are being held hostage in order for republicans to get this bonus tax break on people's income above $250,000. far be it for me to give the speaker advice but there is an argument to be made to go ahead and vote against this, i'm not talking about everybody but a good chunk, maybe even a majority. let's get beyond this point and get on to other things and because as you know the biggest tax increase happens if we do nothing. that's a $5 trillion tax increase. what the president has proposed is taking $1.6 trillion of that revenue, take $1.6 trillion from high income earners but if we go over the cliff we get $5 trillion and on top of that the end of the payroll tax holiday which i believe we should continue in that form or find an alternative that has the same economic benefit going forward. according to the congressional budget office
to get this issue behind us. it is really clear that the american people don't like the idea that the economy is being held hostage to the fiscal cliff and middle-income taxpayers are being held hostage in order for republicans to get this bonus tax break on people's income above $250,000. far be it for me to give the speaker advice but there is an argument to be made to go ahead and vote against this, i'm not talking about everybody but a good chunk, maybe even a majority. let's get beyond...
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they are saying we overt use this tactic -- we over use the tactic. will there were other factors that cause this decline. there has been increased congressional oversight. it was said the committee. oversight meetings to examine this in detail. another detail here is the declining number of targets in the tribal areas. you would have to be pretty stupid if you were staying, or desperate, if you were a member of al qaeda or other groups at this point. just to wrap this up, and maybe zoom out further, the united states on 9/11 had about 50 drones. now they have 7500, roughly speaking. they do not have armed drawn on 9/11. it was only able to arm its first drawn in the post-9/11 era. there was a debate about who would pay for the armed drones. the first victim of the armed drone program was the military commander of al qaeda, killed in november of 2001. the anecdote of that -- the point of the anecdote is that the united states will not have a monopoly on drones. it already does not. israel has sold technology to companies like siberia. china, 2010, dem
they are saying we overt use this tactic -- we over use the tactic. will there were other factors that cause this decline. there has been increased congressional oversight. it was said the committee. oversight meetings to examine this in detail. another detail here is the declining number of targets in the tribal areas. you would have to be pretty stupid if you were staying, or desperate, if you were a member of al qaeda or other groups at this point. just to wrap this up, and maybe zoom out...
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that was the phrase they used. nine months later when they finally enter negotiations, and they said extension of the moratorium is indispensable. in the nine months, what was described as worse than useless was transformed into an indispensable item for continuation. the real loss was that we did not get a full 10 months. we did not yet nine months. we got one month. we got less than one month. it was not enough time to gain traction and to have the parties interested in continuing the process. >> let me ask you about this. you talked at some length about the demographic challenge. he did not invoke the apartheid word. do you believe drew some of the road to becoming an apartheid state? de believe in the west bank, apartheid-like conditions prevail? >> the issue is complex enough without the use of inflammatory words and phrases. the only result is to create aggravation and hostility. if you can say something two ways and one way is bound to antagonize your opponent and the other get your point across without anta
that was the phrase they used. nine months later when they finally enter negotiations, and they said extension of the moratorium is indispensable. in the nine months, what was described as worse than useless was transformed into an indispensable item for continuation. the real loss was that we did not get a full 10 months. we did not yet nine months. we got one month. we got less than one month. it was not enough time to gain traction and to have the parties interested in continuing the...
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revolution, it does not tell us when it will produce and does not produce mass protests. there are a number of factors that has produced the discontent that is ready for some sort of mass mobilization, but this needs to be triggered. i also think syria was not as right as we of been seeing as many other states for this kind of opposition of all levels. that includes all of society's- the regime with very little public support. there are also reasons why a lot of other states have not actually gone that way. and they have to do with not with the fact that they are not reach the level of discontent that would make fighting bullets with their bodies are rational thing. -- a rational thing. on secretary newsomianism i was wondering if we as aagree. i was like i do not think the secretary and situation is the core of the problem. it is worst in my view, and i will be very brief because i will give my colleagues a chance. and i would like to give people an audience a chance. so i think secretary and his of his work when it might over clops with power or political power. when th
revolution, it does not tell us when it will produce and does not produce mass protests. there are a number of factors that has produced the discontent that is ready for some sort of mass mobilization, but this needs to be triggered. i also think syria was not as right as we of been seeing as many other states for this kind of opposition of all levels. that includes all of society's- the regime with very little public support. there are also reasons why a lot of other states have not actually...
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every generation among you served to keep us strong and free. and it falls to us, those that follow, to preserve what you won. four years ago, i stood before you at a time of great challenge for our nation. we were engaged in two wars. al qaeda was entrenched in their safe havens in pakistan. many of our alliances were frayed. our standing in the world had suffered. we were in the worst recession of our lifetimes. around the world, some questioned whether the united states still had the capacity to lead. so, four years ago, i made you a promise. i pledged to take the fight to our enemies, and renew our leadership in the world. as president, that's what i've done. and as you reflect on recent years, as we look ahead to the challenges we face as a nation and the leadership that's required, you don't just have my words, you have my deeds. you have my track record. you have the promises i've made and the promises that i've kept. i pledged to end the war in iraq honorably, and that's what we've done. after i took office, we removed nearly 150,000 u.s
every generation among you served to keep us strong and free. and it falls to us, those that follow, to preserve what you won. four years ago, i stood before you at a time of great challenge for our nation. we were engaged in two wars. al qaeda was entrenched in their safe havens in pakistan. many of our alliances were frayed. our standing in the world had suffered. we were in the worst recession of our lifetimes. around the world, some questioned whether the united states still had the...
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give us this dust standard. the workers in this country have a right to rely on the law to protect them, not some notion of this committee or this congress' sense of passion and whether it will be invoked on that given day or not by the lobbying effort by these industries. it's about the law that protects workers and their families. workers who get up every day and families and themselves hope they get to come home at night, but it doesn't happen for a lot of workers. in these industries with dust, it happens over and over and over again, they get killed on the job. i have been here a long time working on combustible dust and the industry doesn't say, we have killed enough people, let us hold hands and see if we come up with something. it is complicated and based upon science, based upon research so that you can isolate the dust and so the explosions don't happen. but this legislation suggested by the committee, notice in the committee that this is one of the regulations that they would target. they can say one
give us this dust standard. the workers in this country have a right to rely on the law to protect them, not some notion of this committee or this congress' sense of passion and whether it will be invoked on that given day or not by the lobbying effort by these industries. it's about the law that protects workers and their families. workers who get up every day and families and themselves hope they get to come home at night, but it doesn't happen for a lot of workers. in these industries with...
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the president said he was going to put daylight between us and israel. we have iran four years closer to a nuclear bomb. syria's not just the tragedy of 30,000 civilians killed by a military but also a strategically significant player for america. policiesdent's throughout the middle east began with an apology tour and pursue a strategy of leading from behind and this strategy is unraveling before our very eyes. >> before we are closing in, i want to get a lot of people in and ask you something, mr. president, and have the governor quickly -- your secretary of state, as i'm sure you know, has said that she takes full responsibility for the attack on the diplomatic mission in benghazi. does the buck stop with your secretary of state as far as what went on here? >> no. secretary clinton has done an extraordinary job but she works for me. i'm the president and i'm always responsible and that's why nobody's more interested in finding out exactly what happened than i did. the day after the attack, governor, i stood in the rose garden and i told the american p
the president said he was going to put daylight between us and israel. we have iran four years closer to a nuclear bomb. syria's not just the tragedy of 30,000 civilians killed by a military but also a strategically significant player for america. policiesdent's throughout the middle east began with an apology tour and pursue a strategy of leading from behind and this strategy is unraveling before our very eyes. >> before we are closing in, i want to get a lot of people in and ask you...
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all of us have ideas. some of us of her revenue ideas. clearly, we all agree on this. >> would you support turning off or delaying the sequester? >> i think that we would come together on additional downpayments. a lot of members would like to see us do something that would be a short-term alternative at minimum. on sequestration, we go back to the farm bill with savings. >> do you have anything to do with agriculture? >> i don't. but it is the truth. frankly, we came together so i know that tough decisions can get done. there is a way to take the farm bill savings and a couple other things, put it together to create a down payment. >> [inaudible] >> if we have a joint agreement on policy, i believe they will take out policy along with the cuts that we propose. >> republican senate minority leader mitch mcconnell also talked about the so-called fiscal cliff on the floor of the senate. >> it was widely assumed among republicans that president obama and democrats back toward to avoid it. that was the common goal, or so we thought. over the
all of us have ideas. some of us of her revenue ideas. clearly, we all agree on this. >> would you support turning off or delaying the sequester? >> i think that we would come together on additional downpayments. a lot of members would like to see us do something that would be a short-term alternative at minimum. on sequestration, we go back to the farm bill with savings. >> do you have anything to do with agriculture? >> i don't. but it is the truth. frankly, we came...